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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

The midwest pioneer: His ills, cures, & doctors.

New York: Henry Schuman, 1946.

The first general history of frontier or pioneer medicine in America, covering mainly the first half of the 19th century, and including many folk medicine treatments. First published privately in Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1945. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#8741
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/10919
External URLthe-midwest-pioneer-his-ills-cures-doctors

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York

Mentioned in annotation: Crawfordsville, Indiana